Though Thater's work is less directly interactive, it shares a common vein with Pipilotti Rist's 2010 installation, Heroes of Birth. Both offer saturated color environments and dreamy projections, but Rist brings more physical objects into her work, even a water cooler and vase of flowers. Rist comes later than Thater, who might be considered more of a pioneer in her domain, but offers new elements to the use of light, color, and projection.